Programmer and free/libre software enthusiast. This is my primary account on the Fediverse. See my website for an authoritative list of accounts. https://jlamothe.net
Maybe worth looking into. I wonder how much shipping to Canada would cost me.
USB Floppy Drive
Came across an old USB floppy drive. I plugged it into my machine and it shows up, but I can't tell it it's actually working or not. When plugged in, it sounds like it's continuously reading, so I kind of want to test it. Can you even buy floppy disks any more?
That said, if I don't have any disks, I guess the question of whether or not it works is moot anyways.
So, after a little more digging, I found that what is displayed by finger
can be changed with SDF's maint
command.
I may or may not have done this. I can't remember for certain. It's also possible that the default settings were different 10 years ago.
Have you tried emailing [email protected]?
@murph It was argued that you need to have a ~/.plan
file, but I do not have one.
I do not recall having had to do anything to enable it.
@siipale For current accounts, yes. I can't answer definitively for legacy ones. I've only been on SDF a couple years now.
@siipale You could try reaching out to [email protected].
This is not true. I do not have a ~/.plan
file. I just double checked in case I set one up and forgot about it.
finger
still pulls some basic information without one.
@murph It does. Try finger [email protected]
(that's me).
You can run the command finger [email protected]
to see if an account with that name exists.
Considering what group this is, I'm surprised I've not seen anyone mention "not essential to your salvation".
Yeah, I found his videos by jumping down a 6502 rabbit hole.
Oh yeah, I can't see any practical use outside of educational, but for that purpose, it's a fantastic resource.
8-Bit Homebrew Processor
So, this isn't exactly retrocomputing and it looks like it's from four years ago, but I just found it and thought that many here may find it interesting.
This guy built a simple 8-bit CPU out of essentially discrete logic circuits (from what I've see so far, nothing more complex than a 4-bit adder chip) and explained the entire process.
@secret300 bboard and com both take some getting used to, but they're both pretty great once you do.
I love this one:
The fall appears hard. I'm sorry for you, your family, but agency got you here.
You mean the same agency that was supposedly A Gift from God? Classic Mormon doublespeak.
@shellsharks I'm working on ironing out some bugs in the code of my virtual sushi bar in #LambdaMOO.
@shellsharks It's very different from what I'm used to, but I kind of like it. It feels like a solution in search of a problem at the moment.
@shellsharks I've been participating in @SDF's Plan9 bootcamp, but since I've finished the current challenges I was just reading random documentation and tweaking my account today.
I have edited the post to include a sixth part that recently came out.
...and I'm a level 40 paladin. What's your point?
Wow. I guess I've got to give him credit for the hinesty, if nothing else.
Watching YouTube on a Commodore Pet
I was reminded this by another post that I just saw. Was told that it deserved its own top-level post. youtu.be/4e0fRKHG7Hk
Increasing System Memory With The Flick Of A Switch
♲ @[email protected]: > > > ### Increasing System Memory With the Flick of a Switch ### > > > > > !image > > > > \#retrocomputing #apple #mac #macintosh #macintosh128k #macintosh512k #memory #switch #upgrade #hackaday > posted by pod\_feeder\_v2 > >